Latest MacStories Podcasts

Our WWDC Automation Wish List

This week on AppStories, Federico and John share their WWDC automation wishes.

Then on AppStories+, they share more details on their research setups for the summer.

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AppStories Episode 487 - Our WWDC Automation Wish List

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Our macOS 27 Wishes

This week on AppStories, Federico explains how he’s using the recently-released Notion developer platform before he and John share their wishes for macOS 27.

On AppStories+, John asks Federico about the technical underpinnings and evolution of the Shortcuts Playground project that he published last week.

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AppStories Episode 486 - Our macOS 27 Wishes

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Our iOS and iPadOS 27 Wishes

This week on AppStories, we share our wishes for iOS and iPadOS 27, and for AppStories+ subscribers, we tackle Visual Intelligence and whether there are any use cases that aren’t creepy.

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AppStories Episode 485 - Our iOS and iPadOS 27 Wishes

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This episode is sponsored by:

  • Steamclock: We make great apps. Design and development, from demos to details.
  • Claude: For problems worth solving — get started with Claude today.

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An App Swap Challenge

This week on AppStories, John and Federico kick off the app swap challenge, with each of them giving the other three apps to use. We’ll be checking in on how it’s going each week with a final roundup of the results of the experiment after WWDC.

On AppStories+, we each pick aspirational apps and OS features that we wish we used more but don’t.

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AppStories Episode 484 - An App Swap Challenge

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Niléane Dorffer - Activist, Podcaster

This time I’m joined by Niléane Dorffer. Niléane is a French-Réunionnese podcaster, writer, and activist, known for being the co-host of Comfort Zone, her writing at MacStories and her advocacy for trans rights.


Niléane Dorffer - Activist, Podcaster

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Codex as a Productivity Super App

This week on AppStories, John shares his tip for moving files with Taildrop before he and Federico dig into Codex and its unique capabilities.

On AppStories+, Federico and John have both returned to Apple Reminders and discuss why and how they’re using it.

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AppStories Episode 483 - Codex as a Productivity Super App

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Craig Hockenberry - Principal, The Iconfactory

This time I’m joined by Craig Hockenberry. Craig is a longtime software designer and developer at The Iconfactory, known for building influential Mac and iOS apps like Twitterific, Tapestry, and Tot.


Craig Hockenberry - Principal, The Iconfactory

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Filling the App Gap

This week on AppStories, John and Federico cover Apple’s executive transition, follow up on OpenAI’s super app, and share the apps they’re looking for and give each other suggestions on how to fill their app gaps.

On AppStories+, we round up the tools we’ve built for ourselves that fill gaps, for which we haven’t found apps.

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AppStories Episode 482 - Filling the App Gap

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This episode is sponsored by:

  • Steamclock: We make great apps. Design and development, from demos to details.
  • Claude: For problems worth solving — get started with Claude today.

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Nate Parrott - Developer, Designer

This time I’m joined by Nate Parrott. Nate is a designer and coder known for his work as a founding designer at The Browser Company, working on Arc. He also creates playful software and apps that blend utility with whimsy.


Nate Parrott - Developer, Designer

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